Levide No. 1
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view of church exterior - southeast portal
Scene Description: opening into the chancel
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view of church exterior - southwest portal - east side - detail
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view of church exterior - southwest portal - east side - detail
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view of church exterior - southwest portal - west side - detail
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view of church exterior - southwest portal - west side - detail
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view of church exterior - southwest portal
Scene Description: opening into the west end of the nave
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view of church exterior - north view
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view of church exterior - north view
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
!['Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1121120031_compressed.png)
Scene Description: 'Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
!['Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1121120030_compressed.png)
Scene Description: 'Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
!['Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1121120029_compressed.png)
Scene Description: 'Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
!['Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1121120028_compressed.png)
Scene Description: 'Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
!['Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1121120027_compressed.png)
Scene Description: 'Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
!['Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1121120026_compressed.png)
Scene Description: 'Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
!['Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1121120025_compressed.png)
Scene Description: 'Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
!['Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1121120024_compressed.png)
Scene Description: 'Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
!['Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1121120023_compressed.png)
Scene Description: 'Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
!['Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1121120022_compressed.png)
Scene Description: 'Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]
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view of church interior - nave - painting - detail
!['Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1121120021_compressed.png)
Scene Description: 'Passionsmästaren' paintings originally of the 15th century [restaured in 1902-3 and 1956-7]
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view of church interior - tower arch - painting
Scene Description: St. Christopher
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view of church interior - tower arch - painting
Scene Description: on the south side of the rower arch
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view of church interior - monument
Scene Description: 'Epitafium' made of painted sandstone and dated to 1682
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view of church interior - choir
Scene Description: with stalls and a monument above them, on the north wall
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view of church interior - altar and retable
Scene Description: retable of 1662 by Johan Bartsch
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00026LEV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, base only
Date Visited: 2018-05-27
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [base only], Medieval / composite
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Byzantios
Museum: Gotlands Museum, Visby, Gotland, B833 OJA
Church / Chapel Name: Levide kyrka
Font Location in Church: [now at the Gotlands Museum, Visby]
Church Address: Levide, 623 53 Hemse, Gotland, Sweden
Site Location: Gotland, Gotlands län, Sweden, Europe
Directions to Site: Located about 5 km W of Fardhem
Ecclesiastic Region: Visby stift -- Levide församling
Historical Region: Fardhems ting, Gotlands län
Additional Comments: disappeared basin: only the foot/base remains
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland (Bd. VII, hft. 4: 73, 74, 107) as the sandstone pedestal base, attributed to the Byzantios workshop and dated to the middle or the second half of the 12th century by Roosval; it has a central drain hole and is ornamented with the usual four heads (two human, one lion's and the other a monster's). [A later font, dated to the mid-17th century and painted in 1662, exists in this church: cf. Index entry for Levide No. 2] -- [NB: for all details and photographs of the old base cf. Index entry for OJA, at the Gotlands Museum]
COORDINATES
UTM: 34V 335229 6352104
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 57.282167, 18.266472
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 57° 16′ 55.8″ N, 18° 15′ 59.3″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone (base only)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: missing
Basin Interior Shape: [missing]
Basin Exterior Shape: missing
Drainage System: centre hole in base [basin missing]
Height of Base: 46 cm
Notes on Measurements: Fåhraeus (1974: 37)
REFERENCES
- Fåhraeus, Fredrik, "Dopfuntarna, deras tillbehör och placering på Gotland under medeltiden. En inventering.", Stockholm, 1974, p. 37, 150, 178
- Lundmark, Efraim, Sveriges kyrkor: Gotland, Stockholm: G. Tisell, 1925-1990, Bd. VII, hft. 4: 73, 74, 107